Chapter 22 Craftsmanship She smelled of him.
The group of subordinates cleaned up the mess and took the unconscious drugged man back to the Dali Temple prison.
The entire building was searched by the Dali Temple, but no valuable clues were found.
Lin Yanshu squatted on the ground, looking at the corpse of the woman who had tried to kill him.
She raised her hand and covered the woman's unseeing eyes, looking her up and down.
Lin Yanshu lowered his head and smelled it; the woman had a very pleasant scent of rouge.
Lin Yanshu thought it must be very expensive!
She looted the woman's belongings.
Hidden weapons, hidden weapons, hidden weapons.
After searching for a long time, she finally found something different: a box of rouge.
She opened it out of curiosity and took a look.
Xie Ciyan walked over and peered at what Lin Yanshu was holding, teasingly saying:
"Miss Lin, how did you come to have this?"
"This rouge was a gift from His Majesty to the families of high-ranking officials in the capital!"
Lin Yanshu blinked in confusion and pointed to the woman on the ground.
Xie Ciyan squatted down with a serious expression and took the rouge box from Lin Yanshu's hand.
This evidence is enough to narrow down the range of suspects.
However... those who receive the Emperor's reward are probably not easy to move.
Li Chengyi crept up behind the two of them, pressed his finger against Xie Ciyan's arrow, and looked down at him with a sinister gaze:
"Young Master Xie, please be mindful of your actions."
Xie Ciyan coughed.
Lin Yanshu then noticed someone behind her and looked up at Li Chengyi.
Li Chengyi changed his expression again, looking at Lin Yanshu with a wronged expression.
Lin Yanshu stood up, looking nervously at Li Chengyi, and began using sign language:
"What's wrong? Is your wound hurting again?"
Li Chengyi shook his head, feigning strength:
"No...it just hurts a little."
Xie Ciyan watched as the Crown Prince of this dynasty feigned pitifulness.
He clearly remembered that Li Chengyi had competed with others in the palace before, his clothes were stained with blood, but he did not utter a sound of pain. It became a legend in the capital, and the noble ladies of the capital vied for his attention.
She said she wanted to marry a true husband like this.
Xie Ciyan grinned, but Li Chengyi completely ignored Xie Ciyan's reaction; his eyes were fixed on Lin Yanshu.
Lin Yanshu held his hand with concern, her shadow falling on Li Chengyi's chest.
Li Chengyi felt that he liked Lin Yanshu no matter what she looked like, and wanted to keep looking at her, except when she cried.
Lin Yanshu gently blew on it, then looked up at him with wide, round eyes:
"Does it still hurt?"
Li Chengyi shook his head, his voice softening:
"It's alright, Yanshu."
"Just leave it alone, it'll be fine in a few days. That's how I've always gotten through it."
Lin Yanshu opened her mouth; she felt very sorry for her.
I never imagined that Lee Seung-ik had endured such hardship and was so resilient.
No wonder he was covered in wounds but still survived when she first met him.
She grasped Li Chengyi's fingertips, trying to warm him with the warmth of her palm.
Only then did Li Chengyi realize what it meant to lift a rock only to drop it on one's own foot.
He felt his fingertips burning hot, and a restless heat emanated from within him.
Xie Ciyan couldn't take it anymore and interrupted the romantic atmosphere:
"Your Highness, I suspect the murderer in the teahouse case is a family member of an official."
He handed the rouge box to Li Chengyi.
Li Chengyi looked at the box, pondered for a moment, and said sternly:
"I am aware of this matter, but do not make it public."
Even though he was the crown prince, he couldn't arrest and interrogate a group of high-ranking officials' families just because of a rouge box.
This matter requires further consideration.
………………
The courtyard was quiet at night, with only a few fallen leaves dancing in the air, making a crisp, dry sound as they were blown by the wind.
Lin Yanshu, carrying a medicine box, skipped and hopped to Li Chengyi's courtyard.
When the people below saw that it was Lin Yanshu, they did not bother to announce his arrival.
Anyway, His Highness will agree to whatever Miss Lin does.
Lin Yanshu wasted no time and went straight to Li Chengyi's room, deftly pushing open the door.
Lee Seung-ik had just taken a bath, his hair still damp and loose on his shoulders.
He was wearing his undergarments and looked warily toward the door.
The door was slowly pushed open, revealing the quirky and clever Lin Yanshu.
She was standing at the door.
Li Chengyi thought he was seeing things. He blinked and realized that it was indeed Lin Yanshu.
He stiffly pulled his undergarments tighter.
The night was deep, and he was alone with his wife in his bedroom.
Li Chengyi's Adam's apple bobbed dryly.
Lin Yanshu walked in with a smile and beckoned to Li Chengyi on the bed.
Li Chengyi didn't react and sat blankly on the couch.
Seeing that Li Chengyi didn't react, Lin Yanshu went over and sat down by the couch, opening her medicine box on her own.
Li Chengyi watched as Lin Yanshu slowly approached and sat on his couch.
Lin Yanshu's clothes slowly absorbed the fragrance from Li Chengyi's room.
In Li Chengyi's eyes, it was as if Lin Yanshu had been imbued with his scent.
He felt a dryness in his throat, his heart was pounding, and he couldn't concentrate at all.
He felt like he was about to drown!
Lin Yanshu poked Li Chengyi several times with her fingertip, but Li Chengyi still didn't come to his senses.
Helpless, Lin Yanshu moved closer to Li Chengyi and reached out to pull at Li Chengyi's eyelids.
Li Chengyi was startled by Lin Yanshu's sudden appearance and fell backward.
Lin Yanshu also collapsed, and the medicine box was overturned, scattering across the bed.
Lin Yanshu reached out and braced himself against the edge of the couch, while Li Chengyi leaned against the curtain frame, his eyes brimming with desire as he stared intently at Lin Yanshu's face.
From the eyes... to the mouth.
Lee Seung-ik unconsciously licked his lips, his gaze becoming increasingly aggressive.
Lin Yanshu leaned against Li Chengyi, blinking her eyes in confusion.
She remembered, so she casually placed her hand on Li Chengyi's chest, trying to use it to get up.
Li Chengyi felt the softness of Lin Yanshu's palm. He was only wearing a thin inner garment, and Lin Yanshu's touch at this moment made Li Chengyi more unbearable than ever before.
It's cool.
He gritted his teeth, almost losing his mind. He reached out and grabbed Lin Yanshu's wrist, then flipped over and pinned Lin Yanshu beneath him.
Everything changed dramatically in an instant.
Li Chengyi placed his hand behind Lin Yanshu's head, his usually cold eyes misting over, sliding from Lin Yanshu's eyebrows to the corners of his mouth, each inch of his gaze carrying an aggressive heat.
His wet hair fell onto Lin Yanshu's chest, rising and falling with her breath.
A blush crept up from his neck to Lee Seung-ik's face.
Lin Yanshu felt that Li Chengyi's face was too red. She innocently raised her hand and placed her palm on Li Chengyi's forehead.
She didn't have a fever.
The night was quiet, with only the autumn wind blowing gently, swaying the bed curtains.
Lin Yanshu's touch only made Li Chengyi feel a tightening in his abdomen.
He almost felt like Lin Yanshu was playing a cruel joke on him.
Lin Yanshu looked at him and gestured in sign language:
"Ah Zhao, your face is so red."
Lin Yanshu's words brought Li Chengyi back to his senses.
He despises himself.
Such despicable behavior is not the act of a gentleman.
It is against etiquette.
Li Chengyi's eyes cleared up, and he stood up, distancing himself from Lin Yanshu to conceal his true feelings.
"Why is Yan Shu here?"
Lin Yanshu bent down and gathered the items that had fallen out of the medicine box together, using sign language:
"Let me apply the medicine for you."
Li Chengyi looked down at the wound on his palm. It turned out it was someone applying medicine to him. He had thought... it was someone trying to seduce him...
Lin Yanshu felt that Li Chengyi was unusually silent tonight. She held Li Chengyi's hand and gently cut the strip of cloth, revealing a hideous scar.
Lin Yanshu began cleaning Li Chengyi's wounds.
Li Chengyi smiled and looked down at Lin Yanshu, who was so concerned about him.
Before long, Lin Yanshu tied a pretty bow on Li Chengyi's head.
She looked at Lee Seung-ik with shining eyes and greeted him:
Does it hurt?
Li Chengyi thought that if Lin Yanshu could kiss him, he would definitely not feel any pain at all.
But as soon as the thought popped into his head, he silently berated himself.
Disgusting, absolutely disgusting!
Even if Lin Yanshu is in love with him, how can he, as the crown prince, disregard etiquette and law?
shameful!
Seeing that Li Chengyi was alright, Lin Yanshu packed up her medicine box and said goodbye to Li Chengyi.
For Lin Yanshu, this night was nothing out of the ordinary.
But for Li Chengyi, this was destined to be a sleepless night.
Lee Seung-ik lay on the couch, and he held the bandaged hand to his nose and sniffed it intensely.
Carrying Lin Yanshu's unique fragrance, it wafted into Li Chengyi's nostrils.
Li Chengyi felt a tightening in his lower abdomen.
He looked down at himself helplessly.
This was the first time in Lee Seung-ik's life that he had lost control of his body.
He groaned a few times, his breath coming in ragged gasps as he covered his eyes. His shoulders slumped with the movement of his hands, and even the collar of his undergarment loosened under his touch. Yet, even so, the burning desire within Li Chengyi did not subside. He murmured Lin Yanshu's name:
“Yan Shu”.
“Yan Shu”.
"Yan Shu!"
With each whisper, Li Chengyi completely lost control, letting himself go unleashed like a floodgate opening.
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When Li Chengyi saw Lin Yanshu the next day, he remembered his loss of control the night before, and his cheeks couldn't help but burn.
Lin Yanshu went back and studied the prescription all night.
She consulted various medical books and, based on her master's teachings, gained a new understanding of medicine-human hybrids that might be able to help Li Chengyi.
She went to find Li Chengyi in high spirits.
Li Chengyi was already sitting at the table, having ladled porridge for her.
Lin Yanshu went over, took a sip of the hot porridge, and excitedly used sign language to communicate with Li Chengyi:
"I want to go to the prison and see those drugged people."
Li Chengyi's eyes darkened, and he resolutely rejected Lin Yanshu:
"no!"
Lin Yanshu frowned in displeasure:
"Why? I can heal them."
Lee Seung-ik's attitude remained firm; he said unmoved:
“This matter involves too many things. If you get involved, your life will be in danger.”
Lin Yanshu tried to persuade Li Chengyi. She blinked and looked at him earnestly:
"But I understand medicine and can help you."
Li Chengyi knew that Lin Yanshu was very stubborn and would not easily change his mind.
He had no choice but to harden his stance and say coldly:
"I said, no!"
"You are not the only person in this world who is proficient in medicine. I will find someone else."
Lin Yanshu was furious. She glared at Li Chengyi, slammed the bowl on the table, and walked away without looking back.
A note from the author:
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[Hugs] I can't wait for the scene where the male lead discovers that the female lead only sees him as a friend. [Hugs]
[Pity][Pity][Pity] I want nutrient solution too! [Heart emoji]
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